Greetings all,
it's been quite a while since I last posted, but I've been reading the threads here nonetheless.
I've been thinking lately, and just thoigh I'd ask you guys about advice on what to do, if the worst thing happened and one got nailed by a T. I'm really not that worried that I'll ever get bitten, but it WOULD be nice to know any tips n' trix, just in case =)
I only have one T at the moment, a 5-6" female A Geniculata. I'd never, ever try to handle her, but most times I attempt to, say, change her water, it turns out to take quite a bit longer than I expected. I wouldn't call her aggressive.. but she pounces on just about ANYthing, which leads to.. interesting situations, now and then. Once, for instance, I managed to get her water bowl, only to find her standing in its spot, noticing fresh, non-webbed-up ground, when I was about to put it down in her terrarium again. After having read that gently stroking their abdomes with a brush often makes them move, I did just that... for two seconds, before she turned around, lightning-fast, and lunged at the brush. SHe actually jumped, and I did not even react before she was well beyond the brush in her jump... so, to make a long story short, I realized that it actually MIGHT one day turn out for the worse.
So, let's say I did got nailed, by my genic or in a week or more, by my Chaco (yay!)... what is there to do? Run screaming to the hospital? Hold the bite-wound under cold water? Try to press the poison out? Is it a good idea to take painkillers, or something?
Ok, kinda boring with only text, so I'll throw in a pic of Hungry.. behold the monster = )
it's been quite a while since I last posted, but I've been reading the threads here nonetheless.
I've been thinking lately, and just thoigh I'd ask you guys about advice on what to do, if the worst thing happened and one got nailed by a T. I'm really not that worried that I'll ever get bitten, but it WOULD be nice to know any tips n' trix, just in case =)
I only have one T at the moment, a 5-6" female A Geniculata. I'd never, ever try to handle her, but most times I attempt to, say, change her water, it turns out to take quite a bit longer than I expected. I wouldn't call her aggressive.. but she pounces on just about ANYthing, which leads to.. interesting situations, now and then. Once, for instance, I managed to get her water bowl, only to find her standing in its spot, noticing fresh, non-webbed-up ground, when I was about to put it down in her terrarium again. After having read that gently stroking their abdomes with a brush often makes them move, I did just that... for two seconds, before she turned around, lightning-fast, and lunged at the brush. SHe actually jumped, and I did not even react before she was well beyond the brush in her jump... so, to make a long story short, I realized that it actually MIGHT one day turn out for the worse.
So, let's say I did got nailed, by my genic or in a week or more, by my Chaco (yay!)... what is there to do? Run screaming to the hospital? Hold the bite-wound under cold water? Try to press the poison out? Is it a good idea to take painkillers, or something?
Ok, kinda boring with only text, so I'll throw in a pic of Hungry.. behold the monster = )